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Redwood Valley, CA
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4 edits | What about WISP's? Here in Mendocino County (a very rural county, 3800 sq.miles of mountains, valleys, coastlines, small towns, remote locales, vineyards, ranches, wilderness and forests (some are Redwoods hundreds of feet high), only 88,000 residents) in Northwestern California, many are out of reach of either cable or dsl. I am lucky to have Comcast (formerly Adelphia) HSI here in Redwood Valley (8000/768 package, with Powerboost I see a steady 15000-18000 down and 2500 up), but there is no DSL.
However, there is a WISP here, Willits Online, which is serving many areas, like Laytonville (where my sister and many nieces live), Potter Valley and Covelo who have no choices for broadband (outside satellite that is), and in many areas where broadband is limited (like Redwood Valley and Fort Bragg). They even offer a service to connect people that lie beyond the normal range of the signal, long haul connect.
Cell service in several areas is spotty, though it's good if you are in the main towns, and for the most part main roads are covered well, though there are bad and dead spots on 1, 101, 20 and others. US Cellular and Edge Wireless (affiliate of AT&T) being the coverage leaders, and Verizon bringing up the sorry rear. We still don't have 3G, though Verizon says we will have it by the end of the year, and Edge Wireless is testing their 3G as we speak, USCC is still in the future.
Edit-Our three cell carriers-
Verizon
Edge Wireless (wireless affiliate of AT&T)
US Cellular
Willits Online does have a FAP, though I can't tell if it's better or worse than satellite-
"WillitsOnline defines 'Residential' service as being used by the customer no more than %15 of the maximum sustained useage, and 'Business' as no more than %30 sustained useage, 'Commercial' as no more than %50 sustained useage, and 'Dedicated' as up to %100 sustained useage."
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